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Early cartilage abnormalities at the hip are associated with obesity and body composition measures – a 3.0T MRI community-based study

INTRODUCTION: Although obesity is a risk factor for hip osteoarthritis (OA), the role of body composition, if any, is unclear. This study examines whether the body mass index (BMI) and body composition are associated with hip cartilage changes using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in community-base...

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Autores principales: Teichtahl, Andrew J, Wang, Yuanyuan, Smith, Sam, Wluka, Anita E, Urquhart, Donna, Giles, Graham G, Hussain, Sultana Monira, Cicuttini, Flavia M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4462003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25897761
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-015-0618-1